Search Tag: cancer

IMAGING Management

Ricai-2023-43rd-edition

2023 18 Dec

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IMAGING Management

Hologic-statement-on-recently-released-uspstf-breast-cancer-screening-guidelines

2023 09 May

As a leader in women’s health, Hologic knows that increasing access to breast cancer screening is critical to detecting cancer earlier and saving lives.   We commend the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) for changing their draft guidelines to recommend that women begin screening at age 40. Lowering the age for initial screening to 40...Read more

Women's Health

Hologic-statement-on-recently-released-uspstf-breast-cancer-screening-guidelines-1

2023 09 May

As a leader in women’s health, Hologic knows that increasing access to breast cancer screening is critical to detecting cancer earlier and saving lives.   We commend the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) for changing their draft guidelines to recommend that women begin screening at age 40. Lowering the age for initial screening to 40...Read more

IMAGING Management

Bracco-imaging-launches-new-subsidiary-blue-earth-therapeutics

2022 01 Mar

Innovative  rhPSMA Theranostic technology  has the potential to offer both diagnostic imaging and treatment for patients affected by prostate cancer.  Blue Earth Therapeutics  has exclusive worldwide rights to therapeutic applications of radiohybrid Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (rhPSMA) radiopharmaceutical technology. “ We are increasingly...Read more

IT Management

Precision-health-putting-an-overview-of-a-patients-cancer-data-at-doctors-fingertips

2021 30 Nov

When Prof. James Brenton was seeing one of his patients at Addenbrooke’s Hospital recently for ovarian cancer treatment, he needed to review all her studies and treatments. The information was complex and lengthy: blood test results, genomic tests, imaging studies and reports from past therapy. Brenton hadn’t been able to attend the tumor board meeting...Read more

Executive Health Management

Politico-annual-health-summit-2021

2021 27 Oct

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IMAGING Management

New-uspstf-draft-cervical-cancer-screening-recommendations-are-a-step-back-for-women-s-health

2017 16 Sep

Hologic, Inc. is deeply concerned that the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) did not include a grade for co-testing (also known as Pap+HPV Together) in draft cervical cancer screening recommendations released this week. These draft recommendations do not consider the wealth of data supporting the value of co-testing, and will put...Read more

Executive Health Management

There-might-be-too-much-money-in-healthcare

2017 07 Jun

I was struck by a press announcement of the United States Food and Drug Administration of 23 May 2017: ‘ FDA approves first cancer treatment for any solid tumour with a specific genetic feature ’   This is good news. Because it means that the knowledge that science has given us many years ago now is accepted by the regulator for the first time....Read more

Cardiology Management

Cardiac-care-for-heart-attack-patients-with-cancer-history

2016 04 Dec

According to Mayo Clinic researchers, 10 percent of all patients who come to the hospital with the most severe type of heart attack have a history of cancer. They also found that this emerging subgroup of heart patients has a three times higher risk of noncardiac death. The findings are published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. See Also : Cardio-Oncology:...Read more

Executive Health Management

11th-international-symposium-on-advanced-ovarian-cancer-optimal-therapy-update

2017 03 Mar

The 11th edition of this symposium, organised by ESMO and GEICO is the ideal environment to discuss both new and standard approaches to the treatment and management of ovarian cancer. Save the date for the 11th International Symposium on Advanced Ovarian Cancer: Optimal Therapy. Update. Read more